travois

A frame slung between trailing poles and pulled by a dog or horse, formerly used by Plains Indians as a conveyance for goods and belongings.

See dray, 3.

Same as travail.

A primitive vehicle, common among the North American Indians, usually two trailing poles serving as shafts and bearing a platform or net for a load.

A logging sled.

A traditional North American Indian sled-like vehicle, pulled by person, dog, or horse.